Shloka 14
श्रीकृष्ण-जन्म, वसुदेव-यमुनातरण, बालिका-उत्क्षेपः, देवी-प्रादुर्भावः
स्तुतो ऽहं यत् त्वया पूर्वं पुत्रार्थिन्या तद् अद्य ते सफलं देवि संजातं जातो ऽहं यत् तवोदरात्
stuto 'haṃ yat tvayā pūrvaṃ putrārthinyā tad adya te saphalaṃ devi saṃjātaṃ jāto 'haṃ yat tavodarāt
“O Goddess, when you once praised me, longing for a son, that praise has today borne fruit for you: for I have been born—indeed, I have taken birth from your womb.”
The born son (a divine or boon-granted child) speaking to his mother addressed as “Devi”
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: To answer Devakī’s former praise and prayer for a son by taking birth from her womb, initiating His salvific līlā.
Leela: Bala
Dharma Restored: Validation of devotee-prayer and the Lord’s protective descent into the world.
Concept: The Lord freely responds to devotee-stuti and longing, making the fruit of devotion tangible through His descent.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Sustain prayer and praise with patience; align desires with dharmic ends and accept the Lord’s timing of fulfillment.
Vishishtadvaita: Grace (śeṣa-śeṣi relation) is foregrounded: the Lord, independent yet compassionate, becomes accessible through loving surrender.
Vishnu Form: Vasudeva
Bhakti Type: Vatsalya
FAQs
This verse presents praise offered with a specific intention (desiring a son) as spiritually efficacious, culminating in the promised result—the child’s birth—thereby validating stuti as a means of divine grace within the Purana’s narrative ethics.
By linking birth to prior devotion and divine sanction, the text portrays lineage not as mere biology but as dharmic continuity upheld by providence—an instrument through which order in society and kingship is maintained.
Even when Vishnu is not named explicitly, the Purana’s worldview treats divine sovereignty as the unseen ground of outcomes: devotion bears fruit because the Supreme Lord (often Vishnu) governs karmic fruition and the unfolding of genealogical history.